Academy City Temperature Control

Natsume Sonoko said hesitantly, given his current situation, if he didn't use his abilities, the best way would be to take the campus bus back to the student dormitory.

"Actually, I have a good idea. Whether it's stairs or slopes, it can deal with these problems. The safety factor is super high." Tsuchimikado said to Natsume Sonoko seriously, and then patted the cleaning robot under him. .

The cleaning robot is a white cylinder half as tall as a person. Even if you sit on it, it will not affect the operation of the robot.

Academy City's cleaning robot encountered pressure that should not have been encountered at this age, and inexplicably became the mount of a certain little maid.

Under Natsume Sonoko's suspicious gaze, she was suddenly picked up and thrown onto a nearby cleaning robot without paying attention.

"These cleaning robots look like they are wandering around, but they all have a 3D map of the Seventh School District. They can not only distinguish the buildings and floors, but also specify routes manually, so just choose where you want to go on the robot's control panel. Just in the area, isn’t it particularly convenient?”

Tsuchimikado squatted down and tinkered with something on the robot's panel, with a faint smile on his face, as if he was showing off his discovery.

According to Tsuchimikado, the role of cleaning robots is not only for cleaning, but also as a very convenient transportation tool, but no one pays attention to it.

Just when Natsume Sonoko was about to struggle down, the cleaning robot under her had already run out in a flash. Her center of gravity was a little unstable. It took her a while to adapt to this change.

It has to be said that the robot's dodge skills and obstacle crossing skills are much stronger than those of normal humans.

In Natsume Sonoko's nervous expression, the cleaning robot climbed down the stairs of the restaurant, but there was no expected bumps, and instead it was stable.After landing firmly on the ground, Natsume Sonoko looked at the cleaning robot under her with some curiosity.

It doesn't seem to be as bad as imagined.

"It's pretty good, isn't it?"

A familiar voice rang in his ears. Tsuchimikado was sitting on another cleaning robot with a slightly proud look on his face.

"Would it be strange for us to do this?" As a person who wears a skirt and rides a bicycle, Natsume Sonoko raised her own question.

"No way, there is a slope ahead, hold on tight." Tsuchimikado took the lead and rushed forward, while Natsume Sonoko grabbed the robot and followed step by step.

After swiping the card at the entrance to the school garden, the two guys sitting on the cleaning robot rushed out amid the stunned expressions of the administrators.

The cleaning robot moves very fast, but it can distinguish obstacles even faster. There is no need to worry about hitting pedestrians and vehicles. If you ignore its essential purpose, it can be said to be a perfect means of transportation.

Natsume Sonoko opened her eyes wide, watching the robot use continuous drift technology to avoid four or five walking passers-by. This exaggerated efficiency made Natsume Sonoko completely ignore the fact that it was a cleaning robot, and instead seriously considered using it for transportation.

"It's surprising, this is the power of technology." Tsuchimikado said proudly.

Sitting on the robot mount, Natsume Sonoko's eyes flashed with inexplicable brilliance. The initial nervousness was gone. Because the cleaning robot was too reliable, she seemed to be doing nothing. Her whole mind was immersed in this novel experience.

Love, love, is this the current state of Tsuchimikado-san?

After taking Natsume Sonoko back to the student dormitory, Tsuchimikado left with peace of mind. However, Natsume Sonoko did not return to her dormitory obediently. Instead, she started studying the cleaning robot with great interest.

After tinkering with the control panel, the robot under Natsume Sonoko started to move again. It seemed that it had found some interesting toy, and the whole person seemed to be in high spirits.

At the same time, in a high-tech video studio, there is special technology that can continuously change the background, and it is a real background that can be touched and felt.

The background at this time was the beach. Shirai was sunbathing. He seemed to have discovered something, and then he slowly took out a vibrating mobile phone from his school bag under the beach chair.

"Okay, I understand." After turning off the phone, Shirai-san began to have a strange look on his face.

"What happened?" Misaka-senpai, who was wearing a conservative swimsuit and building a castle on the beach, asked curiously.

"It's nothing big. It's just that Natsume-san said that she had figured out a way to return to the dormitory, so I didn't have to pick her up. It was really surprising." Shirai-san said hesitantly.

Chapter 67 The ghost wearing Tokiwadai school uniform

In a flower bed not far from the student dormitory of Tokiwadai School District [-].

A cleaning robot was blown half a meter off the ground by a gust of wind and struggled to move. Since it did not suffer any substantial damage, the cleaning robot did not send any alarm to the nearby area. In short, everything seemed normal.

The security robot that occasionally patrolled near the student dormitory of the school automatically looked up the identity information of a certain Natsume Sonoko, and then left the tormented cleaning robot as if nothing happened, leaving the cleaning robot's chassis spinning like crazy. Suffered all kinds of grievances.

As her calf injury was still recovering, Natsume Sonoko sat on a bench in the flower bed, where she had unobstructed access to the cleaning robot half a meter above the ground. She frowned and studied the control panel on the cleaning robot.

Unlike security robots with certain attack power, the control panels of these cleaning robots do not require any permissions. Basically, they can be found everywhere in Academy City.

Natsume Sonoko looked at the 3D map of the seventh school district on the robot with some curiosity, and found that except for some important areas, the other parts of the map were very complete. You could even find Teacher Xiaomeng's home directly from the map.

Moreover, the map is updated very quickly. The industrial area that was destroyed just a few days ago is now marked with an inaccessible sign on the map.

"It turns out there are so many fun places in the Seventh School District. Wow, there is also a newly opened underground street here." Natsume Sonoko was a little excited at this time and couldn't put it down for this new toy.

After looking at the sky, the sun was still high in the sky. Natsume held her chin and thought for a long time before deciding. Sure enough, she still wanted to sit on it and walk around.

However, Natsume Sonoko still felt that there was something wrong. It felt strange to sit on the cleaning robot and move around.

After a while, sitting on the cleaning robot, a certain Natsume Sonoko's eyes were like a sharp knife inserted into the dense crowd, but the people nearby did not seem to notice Natsume Sonoko.

The robot suddenly turned left and right, and amidst the noise of the crowd, it steadily sprang out from the other side.

"It's strange, the temperature here has risen so much." Just as the robot passed through the crowd, several people nearby expressed the same confusion.

"Did you feel it too? It's just my illusion." The girl who looked like a high school student looked around in surprise.

"I seem to have heard similar rumors, and thought they were just urban legends." A girl from Zhachuan Middle School analyzed and said.

At this time, everyone's eyes turned to an illusory figure floating in the air not far away.

The figure can be vaguely seen wearing a Tokiwadai Middle School uniform, but the outline of the whole body is very blurry, and the specific appearance cannot be seen clearly, and even part of the body is still missing.

"Is that a ghost?" A girl was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground.

"Why did you suddenly disappear?"

In an instant, the ghost in front of him suddenly disappeared like light and shadow, leaving behind a group of people looking at each other.

Natsume Sonoko sat on the cleaning robot with some enthusiasm and seemed to enjoy the ride.

However, the temperature around Natsume Sonoko seems to be a little abnormal now. The difference in temperature leads to a difference in density, which creates conditions for light refraction.

In fact, there are many ways to use refraction, and Natsume Sonoko is involved in several of them.

First of all, it can directly refract the light hitting itself from a certain angle, so that people at that angle cannot accurately observe itself.

Secondly, for the light that has shone on oneself and reflected out, one can tamper with one's position in the eyes of others through refraction, just like what is happening now.

The latter situation is like a fish swimming in clear river water. If a fisherman holds a harpoon and harpoons it in the direction in which the fish is seen, he will not be able to harpoon it. He can only reach the harpoon by aiming below the fish.

Natsume Sonoko's development of these two methods is still relatively primitive, but the effect of superimposing each other is surprisingly good, and even the shadows produced after refraction become blurred.

The most troublesome problem now is the phantoms flying around. Although Natsume Sonoko knows that it is herself, the problem is that she cannot control the position of the refracted shadows well, which causes the shadows to keep floating around. , like a ghost floating in Academy City.

The problem of ghost shadows still needs to be improved, but Natsume Sonoko's mind was obviously not here. In the blink of an eye, she bypassed four or five streets and headed further away.

After strolling around the newly opened underground shopping mall, the time gradually got later, and Natsume Sonoko, who was sitting on the cleaning robot, returned to the dormitory.

.....

After taking off the bandage in the hospital and asking the doctor to check it again, Natsume Sonoko, who had almost fully recovered, looked happy.

"The recovery is going very well. It's a little smoother than expected. Basically there are no problems anymore." The female doctor sitting opposite said with a smile.

"Thank you, doctor." Natsume Sonoko thanked her hurriedly.

As soon as I walked out of the door of the clinic, I was immediately greeted by Uiharu-san and Saten-san who were waiting at the door.

"What did the doctor say?" Uiharu asked with some concern.

"It's no problem anymore." Natsume Sonoko stamped her feet on the ground, indicating that she had fully recovered.

"Be careful, you have to pay attention just after you recover." Seeing Natsume Sonoko's movements, Uiharu-san hurriedly grabbed Natsume-san and said.

"Then, to celebrate Natsume-san's recovery, let me treat you to sukiyaki." Saten-san suggested with a smile on his face.

"After all, it's Saten-san's treat, so that's fine with me. Where's Natsume-san?"

"But the nearby sukiyaki restaurant is a bit far." Natsume Sonoko said hesitantly. Although she had recovered, she still didn't want to go that far. .

"It is very important to maintain sufficient exercise, otherwise fat will accumulate. You should take advantage of the situation before it becomes serious. You will regret it when you gain weight."

Uiharu-san said a little seriously, and Saten-san on the side stepped forward and pinched the flesh on Natsume-san's arm.

"But I have special weight loss skills." Natsume Sonoko immediately retorted with some reluctance on her face.

"But the extra flesh on the arms is evidence that cannot be denied." Saten Ruiko muttered to herself, holding her chin.

"Ok."

At the gate of the hospital, Natsume Sonoko saw several cleaning robots whistling and scurrying around. Under someone's longing gaze, she could only follow Saten and the others obediently.

"Why didn't you see Shirai-san and Misaka-senpai today? Do they have something to do?" Saten-san held his schoolbag in one hand and looked up at the sky in a daze.

"Shirai-san and the others went to school district No. 18 to investigate today." Uiharu-san said after thinking for a while.

"That's true. Shirai-san is busy investigating a case, which is the recent well-known tree attack incident. As for Misaka-senpai, she was too curious and went along with it." Natsume Sonoko said, tilting her head.

Although the affairs of School District No. 18 have nothing to do with the Discipline Committee Branch 177, Natsume Sonoko is already a little bit used to it.

"Oh, I've heard about this too." Saten Ruiko reacted instantly, as if she suddenly realized something.

"Natsume and Uiharu, do you know? They are two of the most famous things on the Internet right now."

"The first one is the tree-man attacks that have appeared in other school districts recently, and the other one is the Tokiwadai school uniform ghost incident in our seventh school district." Saten Ruiko showed a cautious look and spoke in a low voice. said the voice.

"Ah, the ghost of District [-]?" Uiharu's classmate suddenly turned pale with fright and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"That's right, whether it is in a shopping mall or an underground street, after a vague whistling sound of machinery, a ghost wearing a Tokiwadai school uniform will appear on the ground or even in the air, but his face cannot be seen clearly. It appears when you aren't paying attention, and disappears the next moment."

Saten-san said matter-of-factly, with a serious look on his face.

Chapter 68 Sukiyaki and Miko

"Natsume-san, have you heard about this? The legendary ghost is wearing the Tokiwadai school uniform. Since Natsume-san is also a Tokiwadai student, he might know some inside information."

Saten Ruiko's tone was a bit expectant, and nervousness began to appear on her face.

Uiharu's classmate on the side also showed a curious look at this time, looking at Natsume Sonoko who was thinking about something next to her.

"Saten-san, there is actually no basis for such things as ghosts. It is most likely a special optical phenomenon caused by the high air temperature and the fact that many high-rise buildings in Academy City use glass as their walls."

"It's like a mirage or something."

Although Natsume Sonoko felt a little thump in her heart, she still answered seriously.

"But don't mirages usually appear in deserts? And even phenomena like mirages shouldn't appear so frequently." Saten Ruiko said with some suspicion.

"It's a bit hard to explain. But according to the weather forecast provided by the tree diagram designer, the temperature will not be that high in the next few days. I bet that the ghost wearing Tokiwadai school uniform will not continue to appear in the next few days. ." Natsume Sonoko said confidently, looking like she had a chance to win.

"Eh---, is it true?" Uiharu-san breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't avoid such seemingly supernatural things.

"There is only one truth, and that is that the ghost of Tokiwadai School Uniform exists." Saten-san still insisted.

Time moves very slowly like a rusty clock.

As they walked, they reached the point where Natsume Sonoko's legs were weak, her eyelids drooped, and she was almost stumbling. The group finally arrived at the Sukiyaki shop, although the total time spent was only about 10 minutes.

I have really lacked exercise recently, and excessive sugar intake has led to an increase in body fat. But sometimes I can’t blame myself for all this. Who makes Tsuchimikado-san’s lunch boxes always so delicious and nutritious, and everyone’s enthusiastic treat? Too good to say no.

I have decided to start exercising seriously starting from tomorrow.

After silently making up his mind, Natsume Sonoko put down the burden in her heart and happily walked into the sukiyaki shop.

What to eat, let’s have some meat and vegetables as usual.

The sukiyaki in this store looks similar to hot pot, with the sauce already blended at the bottom of the pot.

"This shop actually sells Kanto-style sukiyaki." Uiharu said in surprise.

"This way of eating is rare in Neon, but more common abroad." Saten Ruiko nodded in agreement.

"Is there any difference?"

Natsume Sonoko blinked, but she didn't think there was any difference. As soon as she found a table, someone sat down on the stool.

The scene at this time was a bit heated, Natsume Sonoko had sweat on her face, and she looked at the bottom of the pot in front of her with great anticipation.

The chopsticks in Natsume's hands were like sharp swords. Once the sword was struck, there was no chance of death.

Under the horrified looks of Saten and Uiharu, the chopstick head took away the last beef slice that had gradually floated up, leaving only the cabbage ham and tofu slices floating in the sukiyaki.

"That's so cunning, Natsume-san." Uiharu-san glanced at Natsume-san who was blowing on the beef with some reluctance.

"Have you run out of meat so quickly?" Saten said helplessly, secretly looking at his wallet, and scratching his head in embarrassment.

"How about I buy some more?" Gritting his teeth secretly, Saten stood up and asked.

"No need."×2

"Actually, I can't eat any more." Uiharu-san hurriedly grabbed Saten-san. Saten-san's scholarship is actually lower than mine, and he still has half of it this month.

"My stomach is full too." Natsume-san said, touching her slightly bulging belly.